What Is the Find and Replace Tool?
The find and replace tool allows you to find and/or replace any characters, words, or sentences in your text. To use it, you only need to import text from a document or copy and paste it from a document/webpage into the fields and then fill the boxes with your options.
How to Use the Find and Replace Tool
Follow the simple steps below:
- Enter text in the Text box - import text from a file on your computer or copy and paste the text from a document.
- Enter the text you want to replace in the Find box (e.g., if you want to replace the word "data", write "data" in the box).
- Write the word you want to replace the text with in the Replace box (e.g., if you want to replace the word "data" with "dataset", write "dataset" in the box).
- The new text will appear in the box below.
To start again and replace new text, simply delete the text in the Text box and repeat steps 1-4.
Why Use the Find and Replace Tool?
Save time using the find and replace tool to manage text in your documents. Use the online find and replace tool to:
- Quickly identify mistakes in a document or long batch of text (e.g., change "effect" to "affect").
- Change certain words in a document automatically (e.g., change "weekly" to "biweekly").
- Update names in a long document (e.g., change "Joe Bloggs" to "Mr. Joe Bloggs").
- Identify and correct spelling mistakes (e.g., change "Jo Blogs" to "Joe Bloggs").
- Anonymize information in a document (e.g., replace names or companies with the word "Redacted" or "Anonymous").
- Replace all incorrect figures with the correct data (e.g., change dates, times, numbers, codes, etc.).
- Amend phrases written incorrectly with a different saying (e.g., change "one in the same" to "one and the same").